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Doctor shortage means patients in regional Queensland town face eight-week wait to see a GP

Tia Muir says she has to wait eight weeks to see a GP in her hometown of Kingaroy. (Supplied: Tia Muir)

Like other regional towns across Australia, Kingaroy in Queensland's South Burnett is in the grip of a doctor shortage.

But for mother-of-two Tia Muir, the two-month waitlist for her family is now "beyond a joke" and she fears things are about to get worse as several doctors prepare to leave town.

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